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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The CBS CECOT story is apparently available.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The judiciary holds. #ICE #oversight visit rules are “contrary to law and in excess of DHS’s statutory authority," per decision. #Article1 #ChecksAndBalances www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...
cnn.com
Judge blocks ICE policy restricting congressional oversight visits | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from enforcing new rules limiting congressional oversight visits, finding that Democratic lawmakers are likely t...
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The judiciary holds. "The Government has violated his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures and invaded his privacy,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote. "The Government’s warrantless search... was manifestly unconstitutional." #4A #4thAmendment www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/p...
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As DOJ seeks to recharge Comey, judge deprives prosecutors from accessing key evidence for now | CNN Politics
In a major win for former FBI Director James Comey in the Justice Department’s continued attempts to prosecute him, a judge is depriving federal investigators from accessing central evidence in the ca...
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
US citizen detained by #DHS under #KavanaughStop. What is the reasonable suspicion? "Walking while looking Somali." #4A #4thAmendment
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
After nearly a year, judge orders that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be allowed to walk again on US soil. Order expected to be appealed. #5A #5thAmendment #UnmaskICE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
nytimes.com
Abrego Garcia Is Released From ICE Detention After Judge’s Order
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I'm pretty sure this is beyond #CBP's legal mandate. Driving around is now being considered reasonable suspicion. Why is CBP monitoring the US interior? #UnmaskICE apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Secretary Noem, apparently unfamiliar with the Constitution, states that a Mamdani video that correctly educates on immigrant rights may "violate the Constitution." #1A #FirstAmendment #UnmaskICE thehill.com/policy/natio...
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
#4A 4th Amendment in action. Only signed judicial warrants satisfy proof of probable cause and require compliance to a search. #ICE and #CBP often use administrative warrants (or post facto filling out) and rely on the ignorance of the public. #KnowYourRights www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Raids/...
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From the ICE_Raids community on Reddit: Community members followed Greg Bovino and Border Patrol agents through the neighborhood, alerting residents and warning them not to open their doors or allow t...
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
This insight into the jury nullification of the Sandwich Thrower misdemeanor charge shows the true strength of juries of peers as a check against federal prosecutorial overreach. And the jurors are terrified of violence towards them. #UnmaskDoJ www.cbsnews.com/news/sandwic...
cbsnews.com
Jurors in sandwich thrower case talk about their deliberations in his trial in Washington, D.C.
Sean Dunn, who threw a "submarine-style sandwich" at a CBP officer in downtown D.C. in July was found not guilty of misdemeanor assault in November.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Another big loss to Pam Bondi's #DOJ, in the form of another No True Bill from a grand jury. The judiciary holds against prosecutorial intimidation and overreach. There is still significant cost and emotional pain to the investigation for every defendant. #DOJFails www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
cnn.com
Grand jury declines to reindict Letitia James | CNN Politics
A grand jury declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the init...
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
#DHS resorts to asking Americans to report their neighbors. Germany, 1933-34: Decrees demanding that citizens turn in their neighbors for malicious attacks on state or part If you don't want to be compared, stop running the playbook. #UnmaskICE www.newsweek.com/dhs-tells-ci...
newsweek.com
DHS calls on citizens to report illegal neighbors to get affordable housing
"Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area," DHS wrote in a post on X.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
It is exhausting having to vet the constant barrage of terrible stories to confirm legitimacy. And yet, we must bear witness. Living it is infinitely worse. #UnmaskICE
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Our immigration system will be chaos for the next 4 years at least. The administration is actively trying to discourage non-white travel, immigration and residency to the US. Breaking asylum, canceling TPS, deporting legal immigrants. But white South Africans have a green light. #Untrustworthy
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U.S. halts all immigration cases, including citizenship ceremonies, for nationals of 19 countries, internal guidance says
The Trump administration has halted all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries, according to internal government guidance, its latest move to restrict legal immigration pathways.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This is the first time I've seen an actual stat on the number of #DHS arrests for impeding or obstructing a federal agent. 238 in 2025, compared to 19 in 2024. Given that, the % of No True Bill findings, downgrades to misdemeanors and jury nullifications is incredible. #UnmaskICE
nbcnews.com
Hundreds around the country look for training in how to respond to immigration enforcement
Concerned residents are creating their own versions of rapid response teams to safely monitor immigration enforcement in their communities.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Apropos of nothing: From American Heritage dictionary: concentration camp n.: a camp where persons are confined, usually without hearings and typically under harsh conditions, often as a result of their membership in a group which the government has identified as dangerous or undesirable.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
#ICE went after Marilyn from Northern Exposure. YOU DON'T GO AFTER MARILYN!!! #UnmaskICE www.newsweek.com/northern-exp...
newsweek.com
"Northern Exposure" actress Elaine Miles detained by ICE, told ID is fake
One of the agents allegedly told her the document was a forgery while another reportedly remarked: “Anyone can make that."
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
1. Give #DHS a budget greater than most countries' military budgets. 2. Completely gut oversight so there is no internal check on #DHS civil rights abuses. What could possibly go wrong? #UnmaskICE #UnmaskDHS #CongressionalOversightNow www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Judge orders #DHS not to deport a college kid on her way home for Thanksgiving. #DHS does it anyway. #UnmaskICE abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
abcnews.go.com
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Our troops are not props. Our military does not deserve to be part of the spectacle of a bad reality TV show. They deserve leadership that respects them and treats them with the thoughtfulness they deserve. #TroopsOffOurStreets #BringThemHome #TroopsArentToys abcnews.go.com/Politics/2-m...
abcnews.go.com
2 National Guard members shot near White House: Officials
Two National Guardsmen were in critical condition after being shot near the White House.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Emil Bove and Todd Blanche from #DoJ state in court that #DHS Secy Noem authorized the continued deportation against Boasberg's court order. DoJ may be covering their ass by throwing Noem under the bus. #UnmaskICE #UnmaskDHS #UnmaskDoJ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador, justice department says
Justice department maintains that Trump administration didn’t violate judge’s order to return flights to US
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Five #Broadview protestors have all #DOJ charges dismissed. "Today, the court stops short of concluding that the government struck any foul blows. But in charging Briggs, it sought to strike hard blows. It swung and missed – multiple times." - Judge Fuentes www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
cbsnews.com
Charges dropped against U.S. Air Force veteran arrested during protest outside Broadview ICE facility
The United States Attorney decided to drop all of the charges against Dana Briggs with prejudice, meaning this is a final ruling and the same charges can never be brought again.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
#DHS threatens high school student I.S. citizen with obstruction charges - after detaining him on his lunch break. Expecting this one to get dismissed as well. #KavanaughStop #UnmaskICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after traffic stop by immigration agents
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Chicago #DHS case dismissed with prejudice after judge orders text messages between officers provided as evidence. Video footage showed federal vehicle ramming civilian car, but the charge involved the civilians ramming feds. DHS propaganda continues to call civilians "domestic terrorists."
abcnews.go.com
Judge dismisses charges against 2 people accused of ramming vehicle of federal agents conducting Chicago immigration sweeps
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the indictment against two people accused last month of "ambushing" federal agents conducting an immigration sweep in Chicago.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
There is a growing collection of Chicago case dismissals, grand jury no true bills, and possibly jury nullification. I knew about the Article 3 court pushback in DC, and I'm heartened that the judiciary is also holding in Chicago. #ProtectTheCourts #ProtectTheJudges
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Congressional oversight of #DHS detention facilities now. Constitutional violations abound. 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 14th amendments at least. #UnmaskICE www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The professional incompetence of Halligan and DoJ in the Comey case is staggering. 2 DoJ lawyers say that full grand jury never reviewed the indictment text. Next day, DoJ says that's not accurate. Then lashes out at judge for calling it out. #DunningKruger www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
nbcnews.com
Justice Department reverses course, now says full grand jury reviewed James Comey's indictment
The turn of events comes a day after federal prosecutors admitted in court that not all grand jury members saw the final version of the indictment against the former FBI director.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Wow. This Broadview case dismissal excoriates #DHS. "Setting aside the extraordinary judicial determinations that DHS sworn declarations are unreliable, that the candor of its agents is open to question, and that sworn testimony of its CBP chief contained knowing falsehoods, the Court closes..."
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Memorandum Opinion and Order – #43 in United States v. Briggs (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cr-00610) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order as to Dana Briggs. Signed by the Honorable Gabriel A. Fuentes on 11/20/2025. Mailed notice. (evw, ) (Entered: 11/20/2025)
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
#ICE is historically the org that investigates and deport immigrants for major crimes: drugs, trafficking, etc. #CBP are the ones who round up undocumented. #ICE is saying "Arresting gardeners is not the mission." That's why ICE leadership is being replaced. #UnmaskICE
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Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Trump assigns top leadership to Border Patrol staff despite agency’s track record of abuse.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Even Fox News reporting on ICE impersonations. Though they can't but spread misinformation. "Pack explained that real federal officers carry both a badge and photo credentials — and will always show them, especially in non-arrest situations." Lots of video to the contrary. #UnmaskICE
foxnews.com
FBI warns of crooks posing as ICE to terrorize communities – former agent explains red flags
FBI warns criminals are impersonating ICE agents across multiple states to rob, kidnap and assault victims, making it harder to distinguish real officers.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
#CBP Officer involved in detaining US citizen brandishes a firearm in restaurant. Security and eventually LAPD called. LAPD arrest and tase him and he is charged with police assault. Much later, #CBP officer dies of drug overdose. All for propaganda. #UnmaskICE #DeEscalate
abc7.com
Border agent died of overdose weeks after his arrest in assault on Long Beach officer, report says
A U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of assaulting a Long Beach police officer died of an overdose weeks later in Riverside County, a report said.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Prioritization decisions have consequences. By choosing to deport gardeners and abuelas with no violent criminal record, DHS missions against terrorism financing, smuggling and sex trafficking are starving. This is what 50% of voters voted for. #UnmaskICE www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
nytimes.com
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
And so it begins in Charlotte. This didn't take long. #ICE harrasses US citizen twice on a grocery store on #KavanaughStops for the probable cause of... looking brown. #UnmaskICE www.wcnc.com/article/news...
wcnc.com
Border Patrol enforcement begins in Charlotte. One man said his truck's window was shattered
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, saw CBP agents carry out operations in the city.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
#DHS: "We're going after the worst of the worst." Chicago Tribune: "No you're not. You're going after the easiest." Bounty hunting leads to very perverse incentives. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
chicagotribune.com
Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Rumors surface that Charlotte, NC is the next city on #DHS #CBP list. No discernible prioritization strategy. Maybe it's because Bovino is from there. #UnmaskICE www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/u...
cnn.com
Gregory Bovino and CBP are headed next to Charlotte, North Carolina. That was news to city officials | CNN
Before he got a call this week from CNN about reports US Border Patrol agents might be headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, City Councilmember Malcolm Graham had no idea such a plan was even in the ca...
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
What happened in Broadview between Oct 19 and Oct 31? "DO not attribute to malice that which can be attributed to incompetence," but my bet's on malice. #CongressionalOversight #UnmaskICE
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Celebrate the wins. The judiciary holds in a MASSIVE way. DHS must hand over status and flight risk info on 615 Chicagoans who have been detained without a warrant against the 4th and 5th Amendments. DoJ says it will present "a significant challenge" to gather the required documents. #UnmaskICE
axios.com
Judge demands ICE release 313 people held without warrants
The detainees are to be released on bond into a monitoring program by Nov. 21.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
This is an excellent summary of what being in DHS-occupied Chicago feels like on a daily basis. While simply describing facts, interviews and reports, it reads like a war diary. #UnmaskICE
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
"If someone strays into a pepper ball, that's on them." "Don't protest." This is someone purporting to be law enforcement. 1st Amendment: "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech... or the right to peaceably assemble." #RememberYourOath #UnmaskICE youtu.be/RPNl7zCShmE?...
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Former agent shares concerns about tactics used against protesters: "This isn't policing"
YouTube video by CBS News
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Anyone know the odds on which American city will be invaded by masked #DHS agents next? #UnmaskICE abcnews.go.com/US/border-pa...
abcnews.go.com
Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino expected to depart Chicago in coming days
The Department of Homeland Security will maintain a presence in the city, according to multiple sources.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
According to Geo Group, forces labor is in the government's best interest. "A lower court denied Geo Group’s claim that it couldn’t be sued for allegations of forced labor in an ICE detention center because it was acting in the government’s interest." Not slave labor, since they get paid $1/day.
washingtonpost.com
Immigrant detention firm seeks immunity in case before Supreme Court
A lower court denied Geo Group’s claim that it couldn’t be sued for forced-labor allegations at an ICE detention center because it was working for the government.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Another hammer blow to U.S. solar manufacturing. Tariffs, customs delays, Investment Tax Credit going away in 2026, deporting roofers and electricians, an Administration openly hostile to renewable energy. This Administration actively hurts US manufacturing despite claiming they want it to grow.
electrek.co
US Customs delays force solar giant Qcells to furlough 1,000 workers
Solar panel giant Qcells is furloughing 1,000 workers in Georgia due to supply chain delays caused by US Customs.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The photos say it all. #UnmaskICE
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
More examples of #ICE #DOJ cases against protestors falling apart when confronted with video evidence in the sunlight of a courtroom. But mostly calling out "may cause a credibility problem for current prosecutors." DOJ lawyers already have credibility problems from many bad cases. #UnmaskICE
nbcnews.com
In L.A., federal prosecutors are charging more protesters. A surprising number of cases are falling apart.
Some former federal prosecutors say the discrepancies in how the Trump administration is describing protest behavior may create a credibility problem for current prosecutors.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This is quite the video. "Professional, legal, ethical, moral — you know what I’m talking about, legal, ethical, moral. … You’re on camera, but other than that … it’s what we do.” Essentially, "if you can get away with it, do it." To agents wanting to be treated like law enforcement. #UnmaskICE
blockclubchicago.org
Border Patrol Boss Tells Agents In LA 'It's Our F--king City' In Newly Released Video
The video, taken June 7, was made public this week in a Chicago court case. In it, the Border Patrol boss also says "arrest as many people that touch you as you want to" — and later confirmed the stat...
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Wow. DoE edits employees' out-of-office messages to include language that blames Democrats for the shutdown. Not only a Hatch Act violation (like those matter) but also a 1st Amendment violation. Don't believe a word this government says. www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/p...
cnn.com
Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says | CNN Politics
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for...
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Weirdest game of Duck, Duck, Goose ever. #UnmaskICE
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
DHS abandons automated communications capture software in favor of *checks notes* manual screen capture. This approach is wide open to unintended or intended loss of evidence for FOIA requests, judicial evidence, Congressional oversight, etc. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. #UnmaskICE
nytimes.com
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Guy who threw a sandwich at a fed acquitted on misdemeanor assault. This is jury nullification. Besides multiple No True Bill results from grand juries (a very rare occurrence), this jury says, "We don't care what the law is. This defendant is not being penalized." PS. Don't throw things at feds.
lawfaremedia.org
Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?
The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The judiciary holds. CBP chief Bovino lied about being hit by a rock before throwing tear gas grenades at a crowd. DHS propagandist McLaughlin reinforces and amplifies the lie. Judge calls it out. Don't believe a word this admin says. And record everything. #UnmaskICE
abcnews.go.com
Border Patrol commander admitted he lied about tear gas incident, judge says, as she restricts use of force by immigration agents in Chicago
The incident involving Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino, has been a key part of the court proceedings challenging immigration tactics in Chicago.
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mikecating.bsky.social @mikecating.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The judiciary holds - and steps up. "Normal order," the presumption that DoJ lawyers and federal agents are telling the truth, no longer exists. Judges are openly saying "I don't believe you without corroborating evidence" to DoJ and federal agents. #UnmaskICE
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